The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown